Vasily Narezhny
Vasily Trofimovich Narezhny (Russian: Василий
Трофимович Нарежный) (1780—July 3 [O.S. June
21] 1825) was a Russian writer known for his satirical depiction
of provincial mores in the vein of the 18th-century picaresque
novel.[1]
Biography and work[edit]
Narezhny came from a poor
SzlachtaSzlachta family. He studied at Moscow State
University from 1799 to 1801, afterwards serving in the civil service
in the
CaucasusCaucasus and in Saint Petersburg. During his time at Moscow
State University he wrote several tragedies in the Sturm und Drang
style. His work Dmitry the Pretender was published in 1804. His
collection of stories Slavonic Nights (1809), set in Kievan Rus, was
well received.[2]
Perhaps his most famous novel is A Russian
Gil BlasGil Blas (Russian:
Российский Жильблаз) (1814), an avowed imitation of
Lesage's work
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Russian LiteratureRussian literatureRussian literature refers to the literature of
RussiaRussia and its
émigrés and to the Russian-language literature of several
independent nations once a part of what was historically Rus', the
Russian EmpireRussian Empire or the Soviet Union. The roots of Russian literature
can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old
Russian were composed. By the Age of Enlightenment, literature had
grown in importance, and from the early 1830s, Russian literature
underwent an astounding golden age in poetry, prose and drama.
RomanticismRomanticism permitted a flowering of poetic talent: Vasily Zhukovsky
and later his protégé
Alexander PushkinAlexander Pushkin came to the fore. Prose was
flourishing as well. The first great Russian novelist was Nikolai
Gogol. Then came Ivan Turgenev, who mastered both short stories and
novels
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Alain-René LesageAlain-René LesageAlain-René Lesage (French pronunciation: ​[alɛ̃ ʁəne
ləsaʒ]; 6 May 1668 – 17 November 1747; older spelling Le
Sage) was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for
his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks (1707, Le Diable boiteux),
his comedy
Turcaret (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil Blas
(1715–1735).Contents1 Life1.1 Youth and education
1.2 First literary efforts
1.3 Prose writings
1.4 Retirement2 Personality2.1 Quotations3 Works
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 External linksLife[edit]
Youth and education[edit]
Claude Lesage, the father of the novelist, held the united positions
of advocate, notary and registrar of the royal court in Rhuys. His
mother's name was Jeanne Brenugat
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Old Style And New Style Dates
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are terms sometimes used with
dates to indicate that the calendar convention used at the time
described is different from that in use at the time the document was
being written. There were two calendar changes in Great Britain and
its colonies, which may sometimes complicate matters: the first change
was to change the start of the year from
Lady DayLady Day (25 March) to 1
January; the second was to discard the
Julian calendarJulian calendar in favour of
the Gregorian calendar.[2][3][4] Closely related is the custom of dual
dating, where writers gave two consecutive years to reflect
differences in the starting date of the year, or to include both the
Julian and Gregorian dates.
Beginning in 1582, the
Gregorian calendarGregorian calendar replaced the Julian in Roman
Catholic countries
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Sturm Und DrangSturm und DrangSturm und Drang (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʊɐ̯m ʊnt ˈdʁaŋ],
literally "storm and drive", "storm and urge", though conventionally
translated as "storm and stress")[1] was a proto-Romantic movement in
German literatureGerman literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and
the early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in
particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction
to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the
Enlightenment and associated aesthetic movements. The period is named
for Friedrich Maximilian Klinger's play of the same name, which was
first performed by Abel Seyler's famed theatrical company in 1777.
The philosopher
Johann Georg HamannJohann Georg Hamann is considered to be the ideologue
of Sturm und Drang, with Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, H. L
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International Standard Book Number
"ISBN" redirects here. For other uses, see ISBN (other).International Standard
BookBook NumberA 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an EAN-13 bar
codeAcronym
ISBNIntroduced
1970; 48 years ago (1970)Managing organisation
International ISBN AgencyNo. of digits
13 (formerly 10)Check digit
Weighted sumExample
978-3-16-148410-0Website
www.isbn-international.orgThe International Standard
BookBook Number (ISBN) is a unique[a][b]
numeric commercial book identifier. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an
affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.[1]
An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings)
of a book. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition
of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13
digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, and 10 digits long
if assigned before 2007
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Moscow State University
Lomonosov
MoscowMoscow State
UniversityUniversity (MSU; Russian: Московский
государственный университет имени М.
В. Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ) is a coeducational
and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was
founded on January 25, 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed
after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. It
also houses the tallest educational building in the world.[2] Its
current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy
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Picaresque Novel
The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue" or
"rascal") is a genre of prose fiction that depicts the adventures of a
roguish hero of low social class who lives by their wits in a corrupt
society. Picaresque novels typically adopt a realistic style, with
elements of comedy and satire. This style of novel originated in Spain
in 1554 and flourished throughout
EuropeEurope for more than 200 years,
though the term "picaresque novel" was only coined in 1810
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